Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-17
THE PROPOSED PARK

l Parties Appear Before the Board O
 Public Works Concerning the New | Park on the old Town Farm-Recom.
 mendatfons Made - Difficulty Be. tween the Board of Finance and | Board of Public Works. | The matter of having a park in the west ern part of the city on the old town farm | property came up before the board of public | works last night. Lawyer Charles H. Ham | ilton appeared for the residents of that part of the city, and said they needed park in that section and was very much in favor of it.
 J. B. Sargent wss the next one. He said the location was a splendid one, but that the proposed layout of two squares was not enough. The park should be large, and if possible he thought it ought to be extended to West river. MT. Sargent said there should be fifty acres, but if nothing better could be done then four squares instead of two should be laid out. He spoke of their having in Europe such large and beautiful parks.
 Lewis Mead then spoke and endorsed what MT. Sargent had said. He thought the larger the park the better.
 Selectman Reynolds spoke for the town, and said as far as he knew the board of Be- lectmen and the trustees were not opposed to the property being made park of, but they want to know how it is to be done. The the benefit of the poor, but if the city is will ing to pay 8 fair price for it he thought there would be no objection.
 Gardner Morse, one of the trustees, thought a park there would be a beautiful thing, but thought the matter should be postponed for 8 time. He did not agree with MT. Sargent that it would increase the value of the sur rounding property.
 John B. Edwards favored the park, but if one was to be made it should be large enough so that all the manly games could be played there. He spoke at some length on how ne- cessary it was to the young people to have large park to play in.
 Lawyer Hamilton objected to the matter being postponed.
 MT. Sargent thought it was about time to have the property back into the hands of the people and not be held by the trustees; that 1t was a snide way and packed town con vention which got it into their hands.
 Felix Chillingworth favored the park, but asked that the people of that part of the city be assessed no more. For thirty years, he said, there has been desire to get park in that part of the city, but on account of the trustees they had never got the property
 After lively discussion by some of the parties who appeared before the board, Commissioner States moved that two separate recommendations be made out to the common council-one for the present layout of two squares for park, and another for four squares so in case that four squares are not allowed them they could have the two. Carried unanimously.
 There seems to be hitch between the board of finance, which refuses to sign cer- tain bills of the board of public works, the board of aldermen and the board of public works; and a commu- nication from the board of aldermen, of resolutions passed at their last meeting, was read. Commissioner States spoke very emphatically on this matter of the boards having power to harden streets; the board had done it for some years past, and he said, although he might be in error, that the whole fuss originated with certain employees of the board or public works, who wanted to run the board
 Commissioner States moved, and Com missioner Sullivan seconded, the motion that the communication be tabled until the Mayor had obtained the opinion of the corporation counsel as to their power in the matter and that the Mayor call special meeting ta give such opinion. Carried.